ARCHIVES 2010

By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider

Catholic church officials were told to remove crucifixes and to avoid hymns being sung when Prime Minister Najib Razak attended the Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur’s Christmas tea party last Saturday.

Allah has been generous to Malaysia. Malaysians are reminded of this every time they read about natural disasters occurring elsewhere. There are no earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, or devastating floods. God has spared Malaysia such natural calamities.

By R. Nadeswaran, The Sun

OVER the past two years, Malaysians were given a rare insight into the operations of companies owned by the Selangor State Government. Some executives took expensive trips for themselves and their wives; bought expensive gifts and even paid "bonuses" to non-executive directors. The manner and guise in which at least two companies spent their monies was nothing but a show of arrogance and disregard for procedures. Their unacceptable actions were heard in the open – at the hearings of the Select Committee on Competence, Accountability and Transparency. (Selcat). Because the wayward journeys to playgrounds like Disneyland far and wide had been chronicled in this newspaper previously, they did not come as a shock.

Competitiveness, independence and endurance is moulded via throwing people into deep end, rather than via overprotection and constant talking down to.

By Lee Wee Tak

Besides the expurgation or omission of key events and developments in Malaysian history in which non-Malay and other civilizational contributions have been prominent, there is a conscious and concerted attempt at propagandizing Islamic elements into the curriculum. 

By CPI

No taxation without representation; no experiment without consent. If the government wants to go ahead with this action; our consent must be sought.

By Pahlawan Volunteers

By Wong Choon Mei

Malaysia Chronicle wishes to state in no uncertain terms that YL Chong is not in any way associated with our website other than as a contributor of articles that he has kindly allowed us to publish from time to time.

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — In a bid to end N. Gobalakrishnan’s attacks against PKR vice-president N. Surendran, the latter’s division chief has confirmed his membership.

By Boo Su-Lyn, The Malaysian Insider

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 — Selangor exco Ronnie Lie has insisted that state by-laws only permit political banners at business premises if local councils do not view them as “propaganda”.

By B Nantha Kumar, Free Malaysia Today

SHAH ALAM: Embattled former Selangor menteri besar Khir Toyo has denied involvement in the alleged selling of PKNS land to Gapurna Sdn Bhd.